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....Microsoft’s LinkedIn also suspended a page devoted to Daily Stormer and another page belonging to a man associated with the site, Andrew Auernheimer, but declined to comment. Google’s YouTube also started terminating accounts linked to white supremacists, including that of Christopher Cantwell, a web commentator who has described himself as a white nationalist and said on his site that he had attended the Charlottesville rally. ...
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....Microsoft’s LinkedIn also suspended a page devoted to Daily Stormer and another page belonging to a man associated with the site, Andrew Auernheimer, but declined to comment. Google’s YouTube also started terminating accounts linked to white supremacists, including that of Christopher Cantwell, a web commentator who has described himself as a white nationalist and said on his site that he had attended the Charlottesville rally. ...

....Nokia handsets are being revived by HMD Global, a private equity-backed firm led by former employees of the Finnish company. The company is pushing what it calls the “bothie” as the next evolution of the selfie, using Nokia’s Dual Sight technology to fire up both the rear and front-facing cameras at the same time, shooting video or photos of a subject and the smartphone operator simultaneously, which can be shared live directly to Facebook or YouTube. ...

....Damore was fired Monday, after CEO Sundar Pichai called some of the memo’s contents “contrary to our basic values and our code of conduct”. Damore and his memo have quickly become a cause celebre within various rightwing internet communities, including Breitbart News, “alt-right” Twitter and YouTube personalities, Redditors, and disgraced former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos. ...

.... Digital revenues across the business grew 30% to $496m, accounting for more than half of the record company’s total income in the quarter. In May, Warner Music renewed its licensing contract with YouTube in tough talks Cooper referred to in an internal memo at the time as not being a “free market” negotiation. ...

....It’s not hard to find people who say they are pocketing decent sums. On YouTube we found a video of a former police officer, Jimmy Chapman, who says: “I earn more every two days than I used to earn in the police in a month. ...

....Google reported last year that it had been able to cut the energy used at its data centres by 15%, after applying AI to predict more accurately when cooling equipment - essential to keep hot servers running - should be switched on. This was achieved by carefully analysing when people were more likely to access Google services like YouTube, and thereby increase the load on servers. ...

....Of course, one country does get to apply its rules globally: the US. Perhaps the best example of this can be seen in the way Google’s copyright procedures hew to the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act, wherever in the world a user is: regardless of what fair use rules are in your particular country, if you want to get a video taken down from YouTube, Google will apply US law in working out whether it is infringing. ...

....Sir Martin Sorrell’s GroupM, which buys more than $75bn (£60bn) of advertising space on behalf of clients globally, has slashed its growth prediction for UK digital advertising and has blamed some of the adjustment on an advertiser backlash over the inability of Silicon Valley giants to stop ads appearing around inappropriate content. The latest forecast says that spend on major digital platforms like Google, Facebook and YouTube in the UK – or “pure play” internet advertising, in the industry jargon – will grow by 11% to nearly £10. ...

. The YouTube video artist Cassetteboy made his anti-Brexit stance clear last week when he mocked the prime minister with the words: “It is wrong to believe the fable that Theresa May belongs at the negotiating table. ...

.... “They were asking more than even Simon Cowell does for his shows,” says the source. Channel 4’s traditional popularity with youth audiences has left it exposed to the rise of YouTube, Amazon and Netflix. ...

.... So how has the workout video adapted?. When Cassey Ho, 30, logs on to her YouTube page "blogilates" and uploads her latest workout video, she knows she will soon be inundated with comments from fans across all her social media accounts. ...

....The glitch is believed to have been caused by a power supply issue and there is no evidence of a cyber-attack, the airline said. In a video posted on YouTube, Alex Cruz, chief executive of BA, said that all the IT systems were not yet restored. ...

....3bn loss to the Treasury. There are also indirect costs such as police callouts when punters smash machines – such a common occurrence that CCTV footage of such incidents is easily found on YouTube. ...

....Earlier this month, 17-year-old Amanda Steele shared images of herself on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival, hanging out with Hollywood A-listers Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton. The YouTube beauty vlogger, who shares make-up tips under the “MakeupbyMandy24” handle, was flown out to the French Riviera, dressed and made up, and given tickets to the premiere of Okja courtesy of Christian Dior – all in return for a caption shared with her 2. ...

.... Our package promised something like 10Mbps, but in reality mustered 3Mbps. Web pages took an age to load, YouTube videos or clips on newspaper websites stuttered – it wasn’t even fast enough to run the Super8Pool game on my phone (trivial you might think, but I was a pool ace!). ...

....Usmanov also compared Navalny to Sharikov, a dog that takes on human form in Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel Heart of a Dog. Navalny immediately posted both of Usmanov’s videos to his own YouTube channel, together with his own commentary on “the richest man in Russia and Britain, oligarch, and beginner video-blogger Alisher Usmanov”. ...

....Mr Harrington said it would be difficult for streaming services to offer traditional television services at a competitive price. "In the US, YouTube, Amazon, Apple and Facebook have been vocal about getting TV bundles together, but YouTube is the only one to have done it so far," he told the BBC. ...

....In many cases drivers are pilloried for actions that are not their fault, the AA said. As many as 15% of British motorists now use a dashcam, according to a poll of AA members, with one in a hundred planning to share their footage on social media like YouTube. ...

....More than 100 million people globally now pay for music streaming services, which boosted streaming revenues by more than 60% last year, according to the industry group IFPI. That has injected new life into an industry where profit has plunged following the rise of illegal file sharing and free listening from platforms such as YouTube. ...

...."This is a federal offence and then you and your wife will be in jail and your kids will be in foster care," a crew member can be heard telling the family. A YouTube video of the incident has clocked up more than two million views. ...

.... you guys are the best," she exclaims, before heading onto the subway and zooming the camera in on a spot on her forehead. It used to be that only film stars would be famous, but thanks to reality TV, YouTube and bloggers, anyone can have their "fifteen minutes" of fame, as Andy Warhol predicted. ...

.... Ever since they started shipbreaking in Aliaga in the 1970s, vessels had been brought ashore using a method known as “beaching”; that is, they were piloted inland and made to mount the beach at speed. (Trembling phone footage from 2013 of a ferry being beached in an explosion of smoke and water has been viewed more than 3m times on YouTube. ...

....Despite its large share of the ad market, Google faces a growing boycott from major advertisers including the UK government, Marks & Spencer and McDonald’s, and has promised an overhaul of its advertising policies. Many of the companies involved in the boycott discovered their advertising spend was being used to place banner ads over YouTube videos from groups such as Britain First, indirectly funding extremists. ...

.... One sells things to you while you’re looking for information, the other while you’re chatting to friends. They’re also both in the business of user-generated content, encouraging their customers to upload fun, shareable videos to YouTube and Facebook so they have something to put advertising against – and keep you coming back for more. ...

....The start-up he founded, Gravity, is working on new technology for the device which Mr Browning said will make the current prototype look "like child's play". Since video of his maiden flight went on YouTube, he has had thousands of views and interest from investors and the UK military. ...

....The biggest demise was from digital download revenue, which fell by more than 20%, affirming the belief of many industry observers that it will cease to exist as a format in the next few years. The note of caution from music executives mainly originated in the continued problem of the “value gap” generated by platforms such as YouTube, which have 900 million users worldwide but host millions of unlicensed videos and pay a fraction of the royalties record labels believe they are due. ...

....Together with psychologist Adam Grant she has co-written a book about her experience, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. Watch the full interview on BBC Newsnight at 22:30 on BBC Two - or on YouTube. ...

....The beauty of releasing twee, social media-friendly products is that the marketing is done for you already. Customers will post visually appealing selfies and coffee pics for days, YouTubers will make video reviews and news organisations (hi) will write about it. ...

....The FTC has previously taken action when its rules have been violated. Last year it reached a settlement with Warner Bros over claims the firm had not disclosed it had paid high profile YouTubers to give one of its video games positive reviews. ...

....• In 2009, the Canadian musician Dave Carroll released a music video called “United Breaks Guitars” after the airline broke his valuable guitar. It has since garnered more than 15m hits on YouTube, and the episode became a PR disaster for United. ...

....Google had argued the regulator had no case because manufacturers could develop their own versions of Android or pre-install other apps of their choice. But the FAS had argued that, despite its denials, Google was indeed "prohibiting" rival software to its own YouTube, Maps and Photos apps to be pre-installed alongside its own dominant version of Android. ...

....The music business is a tough place for most artists to make money. This struggle was thrown into sharp relief last week when the UK industry revealed that artists earned more from vinyl sales in 2016 than they did from YouTube payments for viewings of music videos. ...

....The BPI said streaming would overtake revenues from physical sales in 2017. However, the association added that there was a "growing mismatch between the huge value that certain digital platforms, such as YouTube, extract from music or other entertainment and the relatively small amount they return back to the creators concerned". ...

....Internet advertising spend surged above £10bn in the UK last year as companies more than doubled the amount they spent on mobile video ads. The year-on-year increase of 17% on 2015 comes as many advertisers have pulled campaigns from Google and YouTube after it emerged that some ads have been running around inappropriate content such as extremist videos. ...

....In a statement posted on its website, Pepsi said they did not intend to make light of serious issues. The much-ridiculed advert was posted to YouTube on Tuesday evening but was no longer accessible there less than 24 hours later. ...

....”. Highfield added that he hoped the issues faced by Google and YouTube over the placement of ads around inappropriate content, and ad measurement failings at Facebook, might help other digital publishers to pull in more revenue as a result. ...

....Anecdotally the brand still seems in good shape. Despite the YouTube videos of burning phones, the drip-drip of negative stories and the internet memes, Samsung does not seem to have been as tarnished anywhere near as badly as you might expect. ...

....That bullish forecast is based on advertisers targeting the youth audience that the disappearing photo app has seemingly cornered. More than half (51%) of video users on Snapchat are under 24, compared with 23% for Facebook and 17% for Google’s YouTube, according to Ampere Analysis. ...

.... It intended to do so if Hogg had not resigned, but that’s slightly different. A striking aspect of the row over extremist material on YouTube is that owner Google didn’t see it coming – or, more likely, couldn’t be bothered to act until advertisers started to revolt. ...

....”. Many of the companies involved in the boycott had discovered that their advertising spend was being used to place banner adverts over YouTube videos from groups such as Britain First, indirectly funding extremists and damaging the prestige of their brands. ...

....Philipp Schindler, the firm's chief business officer, said Google would also tighten advertising safeguards. He added that as well as removing content, its YouTube team would revisit the guidelines on allowable videos. ...

.... Matt Brittin, head of Google’s operations in Europe, failed the test. Was Google taking responsibility for allowing the company’s YouTube site to be polluted with extremist videos produced by terror preachers and racists? Or was he merely apologising to advertisers for the fact that some of their messages appeared alongside such offensive material?. ...

....8m in 2014, a year hit by exceptional write-offs, improved to just £1m in the red in 2015. In September, Oliver scrapped his network of YouTube channels, which had grown to 17 with various food stars including DJ BBQ and Cupcake Gemma, to focus on the core three he is directly involved with – Food Tube, Drinks Tube and Family Food. ...

....Brittin insisted the sums involved had been “pennies not pounds” but admitted “clearly we need to do more on that”. He declined three times to say whether Google would start actively seeking out extremist content, rather than investigating only after users flag up inappropriate material, such as videos on YouTube, which it owns. ...

....Google executives are bracing for a two-pronged inquisition from the advertising industry and the government over the company’s plans to stop ads being placed next to extremist material. A slew of big-name companies, advertising firms and government departments have either pulled their adverts from Google and its YouTube video site or are considering whether to do so, with media giant Sky, telecoms group Vodafone and a trio of banks adding their names to a growing list over the weekend. ...

....Google has been summoned to the Cabinet Office after it emerged that government advertising was being inadvertently placed next to extremist material. The government joined a number of organisations, including the Guardian, in pulling advertising from Google and YouTube after discovering that ads had appeared alongside inappropriate content. ...

....BT has promised wider viewing access to the Champions League, with clips and highlights to be made available free on social media, as well as both finals. Last season, BT streamed both finals on YouTube. ...

....It turns out that the advertising industry is beginning to smell a rat in this hi-tech nirvana. It is the same with using the cloud to store our digital photographs, browse the web, download podcasts, watch YouTube Lolcats, look up Wikipedia and check our Facebook newsfeeds. ...

....Justin Schlosberg, the chair of the coalition, said the situation in terms of media competition was “definitely no better than last time and probably worse”. In support, he cited the fact that the Sun’s audience reach had increased after the removal of the paywall for its digital content despite declining print circulation; the increased reach for Sky television services through digital services such as YouTube; and research from Cardiff University last year that the newspapers had a disproportionate impact on broadcasters, for example. ...

....GambleAware recently launched adverts highlighting the risks of addiction. The ads, one addressing fruit machines and one highlighting online gaming, appear on YouTube for internet users in the north-east and north-west of England, but could be rolled out nationally. ...

....As a compositor, she learned how to combine several visual elements into a believable on-screen image, gaining her first credit in 1998 for Babe, Pig in the City. Although aspiring VFX specialists can now learn through YouTube tutorials, software and courses, Sara's adamant that the best experience is found in the workplace. ...

.... Helen Batt said her £389,995 Bovis home in Maidstone, Kent, had no turf in the back garden, the wrong kitchen units and had not been carpeted. More than 1,400 have joined the Bovis Homes Victims Group on Facebook while others have posted a series of videos showing their poorly built homes on YouTube. ...

....Twitter should be capitalising on the fact that the most powerful man in the world is using it as his channel to present the alternative facts of his presidency. Imagine if Trump’s key announcements were made on YouTube: each clip would be festooned with ads. ...

.... A sports marketing firm in the southern town of Porto Alegre saw potential in Wendell Lira and offered him a five-year contract as an e-athlete. He now makes money by playing in championships, hosting a YouTube channel with tips for players and selling sponsorship for his online programme. ...

....Several Bovis customers said they had been offered cheques of £2,000 to £3,000, or other incentives, if they completed on their house purchases before 23 December. Members of the Bovis Homes Victims Group on Facebook, which also has a YouTube channel, have swelled to 650, with 244 people joining in the last two months. ...